venttiilinnostin
Finnish
editEtymology
editventtiilin (“of a valve”) + nostin (“lifter”)
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈʋentːiːlinˌnostin/, [ˈʋe̞n̪t̪ːiːlinˌno̞s̠tin]
- Rhymes: -ostin
- Syllabification(key): vent‧tii‧lin‧nos‧tin
Noun
editventtiilinnostin
- valve tappet, cam follower (in an internal combustion engine, a mechanism that transfers the movement of the camshaft to the gas exchange valves on the cylinders, lifting and closing them at exactly the right moment)
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- “venttiilinnostin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04